I’m seeing the same thing on my end, particularly for Pascal’s messages.
I’m using the Apple mail client on a Mac (though I also saw it in the very lightweight mail client “popcorn” on Windows 7), so I don’t think this is a client-side configuration issue. -Dan > On Sep 29, 2015, at 3:36 AM, Mike Day <mike_liz....@tiscali.co.uk> wrote: > > Not J as such, though J forum related - perhaps someone could > help me solve a very irritating feature, at least in my installation > of Thunderbird. > > When I post to one of the J fora, and the message is eventually > listed in my J-mail folder, my name is displayed in the "from" > column, as "Mike Day". > > But when Pascal Jasmin or Jon Hough and maybe one or two > other correspondents post, it shows > "Programming forum" > as the sender. > > I can usually discover the sender's name when I open and reveal > the message, but it is annoying not to know the sender's name > from the simple listing > of "Subject" "from" "date" and "size". > > I'm not aware of having chosen any special settings in Thunderbird > that might have triggered this behaviour for just two or three > senders. > Apologies for not posting an interesting J problem! > > Thanks for any ideas, > > Mike (nka Programming forum) > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
